Dr. Michael Sfraga P.O. Box 80396 Fairbanks, Alaska 99708 907-474-2600 (Office) Education Ph.D., Northern Studies and Geography, University of Alaska Fairbanks 1997 M.A., Bowling Green State University 1986 B.S., University of Alaska Fairbanks 1984 Vice Chancellor for University and Student Advancement 2012 - present Lead a division comprised of two formerly independent Cabinet-level organizations: University Advancement and Student Services. This organization integrates programs, services, and initiatives found within traditional university student affairs models (admissions, student recruitment, registrar, disability services, financial aid, health and counseling, international programs and initiatives, orientation, outdoor adventures and recreation, residence life, Student Recreation Center, Wood Center Student Union, sustainability, and veterans resource center), advancement models (development and alumni relations, community outreach, marketing and communications), as well as Public Broadcasting (KUAC TV and FM), and intercollegiate athletics. Co-Lead Scholar, Fulbright Arctic Initiative, US Department of State 2014 2017 Serving as one of two lead scholars for the US Department of State s Fulbright program focused on the Arctic, lead the design and implementation of a multi-year research initiative comprised of 17 scholars representing each of the 8 Arctic nations. Vice Chancellor for Students 2009-2012 Directed the Division of Student Services comprised of admissions, registrar, career services, residence life, health and counseling, international programs and initiatives, financial aid, disability services, admissions counseling and student recruitment, outdoor adventures and recreation, sustainability, Wood Center Student Union, veteran s service, and the Student Recreation Center. Associate Dean, School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Director, University of Alaska Geography Program, Department Chair, Geography 2005 2009 Served as one of two Associate Deans in support of program and school-wide initiatives. In consultation with the faculty, led a multi-year curriculum revitalization of the Geography Department and creation of the University of Alaska Geography Program (degree programs, K- 12 outreach programs, and Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning SNAAP). Professor of Arctic Policy (School of Natural Resources and Extension, formerly School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, 2014). 1
Associate Vice President, University of Alaska System 2002-2005 Directed the creation and implementation of the UA Office of Student and Enrollment Services. Directed and facilitated the development and implementation of system-wide programs, budgets, policies, and planning that supported and enhanced UA s academic and student success mission. Additional responsibilities included development of UA distance education initiatives and strategies, as well as electronic student services including UAOnline. Director, Office of Program Development, Office of the President, University of Alaska System 1999-2002 Established and directed UA-wide initiatives in distance education, institutional and community outreach, and military support programs. Led initiatives that enhanced UA-wide information technologies, rural TV broadcasting capabilities, and served as Founding Director, Alaska Distance Education and Technology Consortium. Director, Research and Program Development, College of Rural Alaska 1997-1999 Developed, directed, and implemented College-wide initiatives to enhance and expand academic and support programs offered at the College s 6 community campuses (Kotzebue, Nome, Bethel, Dillingham, Interior-Aleutians, and the Tanana Valley Campus). Outreach and development responsibilities included liaison to state and federal entities, Alaska Native Corporations, private sector partners, as well as numerous private foundations. Coordinator, Student Services 1993-1997 Directed the integration and articulation of numerous student services to include formerly independent community college campuses throughout rural Alaska. Focus areas included community campus outreach and the development and implementation of new service and delivery models within a multi-campus setting. Served as student service generalist in support of programs and initiatives throughout the Fairbanks campus. Coordinator, Branch (Community) Campuses 1989-1993 Developed, integrated, and implemented student and business service models to establish a UAF-wide (Fairbanks campus and community campuses) administrative structure. Services, programs, and processes included admissions and records, academic advising, health and counseling, general students services, and financial aid. Admissions Counselor/Assistant to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs 1987-1989 Admissions Counselor: Developed and implemented student recruitment and marketing strategies to include print, television, and related outreach efforts. Developed community college articulation plans, high school and college fair strategies, and campus-based high school counselor programs. Concurrently served as UAF/NCAA Compliance Officer & Athletic Academic Advisor. 2
Head Resident & Area Coordinator, Residence Life and Student Affairs 1985-1987 Hall Director: Supervised a residence hall facility with over 140 students, five resident (student) advisors, and several student desk attendants. Responsibilities included programming, resident advisor training, judicial board advisor, and student support. Selected Academic Activities, Presentations, and Public Service Board of Advisors, Pan-Pacific Unmanned Aircraft System Test Range Complex (PPUTRC), 2015. Arctic Council Initiatives to Sustain Arctic Cooperation, University of the Arctic Institute for Arctic Policy, workshop Co-chair (Mike Sfraga, Ross Virginia, Ambassador James Collins {ret}, and Ambassador Ken Yalowitz {ret}), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, October 16-17, 2014 and February 23-24, 2015. Enhancing the US Chairmanship of the Arctic Council: Fulbright s Commitment to the Arctic 2015-2017, 2014 Arctic Council Assembly, Alice Rogoff, Mike Sfraga, Ross Virginia, and Stephen Money, Reykjavik, Iceland. Arctic Council Transitions: Lessons and Priorities for a U.S. Chairmanship, 2015-2017, Arctic Council Assembly, Mike Sfraga and Ross Virginia, Reykjavik, Iceland. University of the Arctic Institute for Arctic Policy (formerly the Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy), Co-director, 2009 present. Considering a Roadmap Forward: The Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment, Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment Workshop, Co-chair, October 22-24, 2009. Associate Editor, Polar Geography, 2009 present. The Geographic Advantage: Alaska, UAF, and Strategic Partnerships, Fall Colloquium on National Security Studies, Fairbanks, Alaska, October 14, 2009. Climate Change and the Arctic, 2009 Talkeetna Dialogues: Alaska as a Global Citizen, September 10-12, 2009. Conference Chair, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, 2008 Regional Meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska, October, 2009. Google Earth 101, Bailey, John and Mike Sfraga, American Geophysical Union, Virtual Globes Session, San Francisco, California, December 18, 2009. Bradford Washburn: Denali and Beyond. Denali Education Center Winter Series, Denali Park, Alaska, February 23, 2007. UAF: International Polar Year Vision and Programs, Commonwealth North, Anchorage, Alaska, June 3, 2007. Denali Mountaineering: The Pioneering Days, Denali National Park: Denali 90 th Anniversary Speaker Series, Denali National Park and Preserve, July 19, 2007. Bradford Washburn: A Life of Exploration, Discovering Alaska Lecture Series, Fairbanks, Alaska, August, 2007. The International Polar Year: Geographic and Scientific Exploration, panel chair, Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, California, April 17-21, 2007. 3
Denali: A History of Exploration, Western Association of Map Librarians, Fairbanks, Alaska, September, 2006. 41 st Annual Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference, Biographical Profile of Bradford Washburn, Fairbanks, Alaska, March 22, 2007. Geography at the University of Alaska: A Conceptual Transformation, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Mike Sfraga and Roger Pearson, October 21, 2006, Phoenix, Arizona. Bradford Washburn: A Life of Exploration, keynote address, Alaska Society of Professional Engineers, Fairbanks, Alaska, February 25, 2006. Bradford Washburn: Exploration and Discovery in the Denali and Wrangell-St. Elias Regions, 1930-1965, Park Science in Central Alaska: Crossing Boundaries in a Changing Environment, Alaska Park Science Symposium 2006, Denali National Park & Preserve, September 12-14, 2006. "Using Historical Photographs and Maps to Document Landscape Evolution and the Impacts of Changing Climate: A Celebration of the 96th Birthday of Bradford Washburn," Geological Society of America Pardee Keynote Address and Panel, October 22-26, 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stories of Culture and Place, Mike Sfraga and Jason Ohler, Alaska Federation of Natives, October 18, 2005, Fairbanks, Alaska. American Geophysical Union, History of Science Committee, 1998-2004. Liaison, University of Alaska - Arctic Council Meeting Committee, April-May, 2000. Lifting the Fog: The Exploration of the Pacific Northwest, Board of Advisors, History of Science and Exploration, Anchorage Museum of History and Art Exhibition, 2000. National Science Foundation, U.S. State Department and Norwegian Government Arctic Science Workshop, Svalbard, Norway, August 1999. Co-chair, Social Science Research Group, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1997-1999. National Science Foundation, Arctic Opportunities Workshop, social science representative, Arlington, Virginia, September, 1998. Program Associate, Columbia University Oral History Program: Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Oral History Project, 1997-1998. Barrow Arctic Opportunities Workshop, National Science Foundation, Chair, socioeconomic/socio-cultural section, Tomales, California, December, 1998. International Relations Committee, History of Astronomy Division, American Astronomical Society, 1997 1999. Second Bering Sea Impact Study Workshop, Center for Global Change, panel participant, Fairbanks, Alaska, June, 1997. Sub-Antarctic Foundation for Ecosystems Research, Founding Trustee, 1996 present. History of Science and U.S. Exploration in the Arctic, Korsmo, Fae, and Mike Sfraga, invited paper, History of Oceanography and Exploration in the Polar Regions, Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia, January, 1999. 4
Rigging for Peace: The U.S. Navy and the Emergence of Oceanography in the Interwar Years, Maury II Conference History of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, June 1999. An Inquiry into Dr. Cook s 1906 Mount McKinley Claim, Program Director, Fairbanks, Alaska, February, 1996. Selected Community Service and Programs Member, Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees, 2012 present. Member, Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee, 2012 - present. Member, 2014 Arctic Winter Games Host Society, 2013-2014. University of Alaska Geography Program Pubic Lecture Series, 2005-2009: Dr. Jared Diamond, Dr. Tim Flannery, Dr. Tom Barnet, Mr. Rory Stewart, Ms. Helen Thayer, Dr. George Schaller, US Ambassador John Hamilton (ret), Ms. Linda Biehl, Ms. Allison Weir. 2007-2009, Moderator, National Geographic Society Geography Bee, Anchorage, Alaska. KUAC, Leadership Council, 2007 2010. Institute of the North, Board Member, 2007 present. Adult Learning Programs of Alaska 5 th Annual Fundraiser: Reading from Alaska s Heart. Excerpts from Bradford Washburn: A Life of Exploration. February 26, 2005. Rotary Club of Fairbanks, member. Denali Education Center, Board of Trustees, 2000 2009, Chair 2003-2009 United Way Campaign, UAF, Fairbanks, 1994, 1997. Explorers Club, Alaska-Yukon Chapter, Executive Committee, 1996 2000. Arctic Institute of North America, US, Executive Secretary, 1992-1998. Alaska Goldpanners Baseball Organization, Board of Directors, 1985 1989. Selected Publications Collins, J.F, M. Sfraga, R.A. Virginia, and K.S. Yalowitz, 2015. Arctic Council Initiatives to Sustain Arctic Cooperation: Conference Report and Recommendations from February 23, 2015, University of the Arctic Institute for Arctic Policy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA. Collins, J.F., M. Sfraga, R.A. Virginia, and K.S. Yalowitz, 2013. A Euro Atlantic Action Plan for Cooperation and Enhanced Arctic Security: Conference Report and Recommendations to the Arctic Council and Interested Parties, February 11 12, 2013, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C., Dartmouth College, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the University of the Arctic Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy. TS Rogers, JE Walsh, TS Rupp, LW Brigham, M Sfraga, Future Arctic marine access: analysis and evaluation of observations, models, and projections of sea ice, The Cryosphere 7 (1), 321-332 Forest, Pierre-Andre Forest, L. Heininen, M. Sfraga, R.A. Virginia, and K.S. 5
Yalowitz, 2010. Climate Change and Human Security. Workshop Report for September 6-8, 2010, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, and the University of the Arctic Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy. Brigham, L. and M. Sfraga, 2010. Considering a Roadmap Forward: The Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment. Workshop Report for October 22-24, 2009, University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of the Arctic Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy. Sfraga, Michael, Timeless Beauty: The Life and Images of Bradford Washburn, Alaska Magazine. September 2007. Sfraga, Michael, Bradford Washburn: A life of Exploration, Oregon State University Press. June 2004. Korsmo, Fae and Mike Sfraga, From Interwar to Cold War: Selling Field Science in the United States, 1920 s through 1950 s, Earth Sciences History, Vol. 22, No1, 2003. Sfraga, Michael, et al, Mountain Men (London: British Broadcasting Corporation {BBC}, 2001). On-screen historian. Documentary detailing the mountaineering history of Mount McKinley. Korsmo, Fae and Michael Sfraga, Churchill Peaks and the Politics of Naming, Polar Record 36 (197): 131-138 (2000). Sfraga, Mike and Dennis Stephens, Dr. Cook and the Great North Pole Controversy, Proceeding of the 17 th Polar Library Colloquy, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1999. Teaching Graduate Level Northern Studies/Geography 697, History of Field Science and Geographic Exploration in the Circumpolar North Natural Resources Management and Geography 692, Graduate Seminar Geography 627, Polar Geography Undergraduate Level Geography 482, Senior Seminar Geography 327, Polar Geography Geography 410, Geography of the Pacific Rim Rural Development 293, Principles and Practices of Rural Tourism Graduate Student Committee Membership John Skinner, Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Studies: Arctic Policy, Committee Member, 2013 - Tracy Rogers, M.S., Natural Resource Management, Committee Member, graduation, 2011. Julian Tomlinson, Northern Studies MA, Committee Chair, graduation, 2004. Annette Watson, Northern Studies, MA, Committee Member, graduation, 2002. Tonya Levinson, UAF Northern Studies, MA, Committee Member, graduation, 1998. 6